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Violet Bird's-Nest (Limodorum abortivum)

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nicolashelitas

Date

April 21, 2019 12:34 PM CEST

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Orca (Orcinus orca)

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stevestevens

Date

May 23, 2023 10:34 PM AKDT

Description

8-9 individuals. transients. t73a1 and t64a present in encounter

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November 27, 2023 05:31 PM -03

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Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

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pablo_fuentes

Date

October 3, 2023 10:36 AM EDT

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Lady Fingers (Caladenia catenata)

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cynthia_c

Date

September 10, 2023 02:11 PM AEST

Description

About a dozen plants within sight of this observation

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Eastern American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus ssp. americanus)

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alexpellegrini

Date

April 2022

Description

Albino!

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American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

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jim22lawrence

Date

August 18, 2019

Description

The only albino Red Squirrel I've seen.

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Barred Owl (Strix varia)

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kuch

Date

July 2022

Description

Albino

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Alpine Longhorn Rosalia (Rosalia alpina)

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mario_mairal

Date

July 23, 2023 03:45 PM CEST

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White Witch Moth (Thysania agrippina)

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gcwarbler

Date

December 14, 2017 12:23 AM CST

Description

You know you’ve found a large moth when…

  1. After a 40 year career as a wildlife biologist, you can’t believe what you’re seeing is real.
  2. Your ruler isn’t long enough to get a good measurement (2nd image), so you go back to get a longer ruler (3rd image) and that isn’t long enough, so you scramble around to find a carpenter’s measuring tape to fully span the wings (4th image).
  3. Your astonishment is like the joy of a child on Christmas morning; you start laughing and giggling uncontrollably.
  4. The largest moth on your sheet has a wingspan 40X the size of the smallest one.
  5. You stay up until 3:30 a.m. journaling about one moth.
  6. You start taking selfies...with a moth (last image).

To the best of my ability to measure this critter, the wingspan (with a bit of the tip of the right FW missing) is about 27.8 cm, so it would probably be about 28.5 cm (11.2 in) if it were intact. The species is said to have the largest wingspan of any Lepidopteran in the world.

The moth was initially discovered on the sheet by Mary Kay Sexton. I had overlooked it.

To read more of the story, see:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/gcwarbler/13211-mothing-in-panama

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antonin_jv

Date

June 7, 2023 10:44 AM CEST

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What

Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra)

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daniela_secas

Date

May 26, 2023 06:07 PM CEST

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Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa)

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manuelmontes

Date

May 14, 2023 09:18 AM CEST

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Paradise Birdwing (Ornithoptera paradisea)

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arex

Date

October 2, 2019 10:36 AM WIT

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angelarg293

Date

May 13, 2023 04:45 PM CEST

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Fairy Inkcap (Coprinellus disseminatus)

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chofungi

Date

April 3, 2023 06:39 PM CST

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Honeycomb Fungi (Genus Favolus)

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chofungi

Date

March 17, 2023 05:19 PM CST

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chofungi

Date

March 7, 2023 10:37 PM CST

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tukuukr

Date

December 4, 2022 10:35 AM -03

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Formosa Lily (Lilium formosanum)

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drmckenzie

Date

March 1, 2010 03:45 PM SAST

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What

Three-coloured Indian Cress (Tropaeolum tricolor)

Date

September 21, 2022 09:36 AM -03

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What

Woolly Bird's Nest Fungus (Nidula niveotomentosa)

Date

July 24, 2021 12:18 PM -04

Place

Chile (Google, OSM)

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snek_with_arms

Date

October 2021

Place

Panama (Google, OSM)

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camizambruno

Date

October 9, 2022 11:11 AM -03

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knicolson

Date

September 13, 2022 10:53 AM ACST

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Violet Awl (Hasora leucospila)

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budak

Date

May 16, 2012 06:12 AM +08

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rocio-rmrz

Date

August 8, 2022 02:07 PM -04

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lyndaloo

Date

August 22, 2022 08:32 PM AEST

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gancw1

Date

July 24, 2022 09:03 AM +08

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Iodine Bonnet (Mycena filopes)

Observer

alan_rockefeller

Date

November 13, 2021

Description

Odor of iodine. On manzanita twigs, fruiting 2 feet off the ground.

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Eternal Light (Mycena luxaeterna)

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nortonsantos

Date

January 2021

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What

Hard Fern (Struthiopteris spicant)

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anneliesewilson

Date

January 27, 2020 04:11 PM UTC

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What

Red Rockrose-Parasite (Cytinus ruber)

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wbettighofer

Date

April 17, 2022 02:54 PM CEST

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Violet Bird's-Nest (Limodorum abortivum)

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wbettighofer

Date

April 17, 2022 05:40 PM CEST

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Narrow-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia)

Observer

lionello

Date

May 9, 2022 03:52 PM CEST

Description

varietà rosea. Dal 2020 nell'area indagata di circa Km 0,500 x 0,500 osservati cinque diversi esemplari

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Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)

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kiwikiu

Date

March 20, 2022 02:05 PM PDT

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squidpastry

Date

April 2022

Description

pool party!

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Dragon-Tree (Dracaena draco)

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mario_mairal

Date

May 4, 2022 05:57 PM WEST

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Green-winged Orchid (Anacamptis morio)

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dinasafina

Date

April 26, 2022 12:36 PM MSK

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Purple Toothwort (Lathraea clandestina)

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angelarg293

Date

April 21, 2022 11:57 AM CEST

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mario_vega

Date

April 19, 2022 08:10 PM CEST

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Tarantula Wolf Spider (Lycosa tarantula)

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titouan_roguet

Date

March 26, 2022 02:59 PM CET

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Metallic Pennant (Idiataphe cubensis)

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quiltedquetzal

Date

March 3, 2020 12:48 PM CST

Description

3-in-1 trail, Everglades NP, FL

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yossei

Date

April 22, 2018 01:56 PM JST

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joao_gava_just

Date

January 21, 2022 08:14 AM HST

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Portuguese Sundew (Drosophyllum lusitanicum)

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soniamolino

Date

December 27, 2021 11:43 AM CET

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Sulawesi Moon Moth (Actias isis)

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rockyreviko_

Date

January 2018

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Narrow-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia)

Observer

hubsal

Date

June 5, 2021 11:00 AM CEST

Description

mit Grüner Krabbenspinne

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

Observer

daveczaplak

Date

July 14, 2020 11:39 AM EDT

Description

Bilateral gynandromorph Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.

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Tiger Orchid (Grammatophyllum speciosum)

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budak

Date

July 20, 2019 04:49 PM +08

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Date

January 2020

Description

A male.
January 2020.
Abaca, Western Viti Levu, Fiji.

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Green Metalwing (Neurobasis chinensis)

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pasteurng

Date

April 13, 2021 08:52 AM HKT

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Narrow-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia)

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bruno356

Date

April 25, 2021 10:43 AM UTC

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Narrow-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia)

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marco_vicariotto

Date

May 7, 2021 09:17 AM CEST

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aggranada

Date

April 2021

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Mountain Lettuce (Lactuca perennis)

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luigi141

Date

March 26, 2021 12:19 PM CET

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Date

May 27, 2020 07:10 PM SAST

Place

München (Google, OSM)

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marijkedeboer

Date

November 5, 2018 08:16 AM CET

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Heath Dumble Dor (Trypocopris pyrenaeus)

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miguelcarballa

Date

October 17, 2020 01:42 PM UTC

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rpodonnell

Date

January 21, 2021 12:00 PM +11

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Elegant Donkey Orchid (Diuris concinna)

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gillbsydney

Date

October 24, 2017 04:15 PM AEDT

Description

Elegant Donkey Orchid, Woody Lake Nature Reserve, Esperance

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Rolled-winged, Forest, and Winter Stoneflies (Superfamily Nemouroidea)

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mario_vega

Date

January 14, 2021 01:25 PM CET

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Chinese Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirinus)

Observer

raylei

Date

May 29, 2019

Description

西藏旖凤蝶 2500m干热河谷

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Cobalt Crust (Terana coerulea)

Observer

mario_vega

Date

December 30, 2020 12:18 PM CET

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What

Narrow-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia)

Date

May 2, 2019 12:47 PM UTC

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stephen_thorpe

Date

December 4, 2020 11:53 AM NZDT

Description

Waiparuru Nature Trail, Grafton Gully/Symonds St Cemetery, Grafton, Auckland. Two live male beetles resting by day on the lower surface of different leaves on a mahoe tree, in a shaded native bush remnant. Although this is the first time that I have observed this species at this location, that is probably only because I have overlooked it until now.

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Narrow-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia)

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frank007

Date

May 17, 2020 03:47 PM CEST

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Sun Orchids (Genus Thelymitra)

Date

November 15, 2020 12:15 PM NZDT

Description

T. "orange top" ?

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harshithjv

Date

February 23, 2020 03:32 PM IST

Description

Rhagodima cf. nigrocincta

Cincta (cinctus, cinctum) in latin means "surrounded by". So the portmanteau "nigrocincta" can mean "surrounding by black color". This might refer to colors and patterns on the abdomen of this species. Or it may not refer to black patches on some legs which does not form full circle/ring as in R. Annulata.

But these informations are not clear to me as per the description by Henry Meyners Bernard who described the species as Rhax nigrocincta along with Rhax Howesii (currently assigned as Rhagodes melanopygus). Another information I can find is that as per Simon's 1885 description R. annulata has body length of 18mm and as per Bernard's description of R. nigrocincta is around 1.25 to 2 inches. T̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶p̶e̶c̶i̶m̶e̶n̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶s̶a̶w̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶1̶.̶2̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶1̶.̶5̶ ̶i̶n̶c̶h̶e̶s̶ ̶l̶o̶n̶g̶.̶ (The specimen was just 2 cms long after I re-checked the video where it climbed to my friend's hand. Videograb is attached as last photo.)

Henry Meyners Bernard's 1894 article on the species called "On two new species of Rhax. Journal of Linnean Soicety London" can be read here: https://ww.rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication/88759/edition/67942/content?ref=struct

The illustrations on the book has been digitized and uploaded to Wiki Commons over here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhagodima_nigrocincta.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhagodima_nigrocincta_cutted.jpg

Comparing the images above I can see similar black patches on the legs. Also the white moustache pattern has good resemblance on the individual. But I don't see the spurs specified in illustrations.

Note: I am not conforming on the species level identification here. I have just added my notes here for future reference for anybody who wants to take this subject for research.

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Phantom Orchid (Cephalanthera austiniae)

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alex_bairstow

Date

July 3, 2020 11:27 AM PDT

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Yellow Bird's-Nest (Monotropa hypopitys)

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mario_vega

Date

June 2020

Place

Spain (Google, OSM)

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Horned Treehopper (Centrotus cornutus)

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mario_vega

Date

June 22, 2020 11:14 AM CEST

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mario_vega

Date

June 7, 2020 12:52 PM CEST

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ebaquero

Date

July 3, 2019 07:35 PM CEST

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mario_vega

Date

May 18, 2014 11:53 AM CEST

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Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus)

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naturomaniak

Date

May 2020

Place

Private

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Iberian Tree Frog (Hyla molleri)

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mario_vega

Date

June 14, 2016 11:32 PM SAST

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Heath Dumble Dor (Trypocopris pyrenaeus)

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mario_vega

Date

October 2018

Place

Spain (Google, OSM)

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Lataste's Viper (Vipera latastei)

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mario_vega

Place

Spain (Google, OSM)

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mario_vega

Date

May 19, 2015 10:13 AM CEST

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Apollo (Parnassius apollo)

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mario_vega

Date

June 27, 2015 09:51 AM CEST

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Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus)

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emmabuck

Date

May 20, 2020 05:36 AM CEST

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Narrow-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia)

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donnasara

Date

May 7, 2020 01:05 PM CEST

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Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)

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sheliahargis

Date

October 21, 2017 10:55 AM CDT

Description

Not sure what is going on but this is the fourth birder that I know of who has had a phoebe perch on their binoculars or on their person at Commons Ford.

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Tassel Hyacinth (Muscari comosum)

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mario_vega

Date

May 6, 2020 12:36 PM CEST

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mario_vega

Date

May 5, 2020 08:15 PM CEST

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Western Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)

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mario_vega

Date

April 14, 2017 02:09 PM CEST

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Bathroom Moth Fly (Clogmia albipunctata)

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macronatura

Date

April 19, 2020 11:39 AM CEST

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Banded Humpback Fly (Psilodera fasciata)

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cecileroux

Date

April 16, 2020 10:35 AM SAST

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Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)

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mario_vega

Date

April 18, 2016 02:07 PM CEST

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Little Owl (Athene noctua)

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mycoke

Date

August 8, 2019 02:52 AM EDT

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Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus)

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seanbirkbc

Date

April 2, 2020 11:05 AM HST

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sarahlloyd

Date

August 13, 2014

Description

Crowded and scattered stalked sporangia 2-3.5 mm high with iridescent peridium.
Common at Birralee, especially on large logs covered with bryophytes.

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yamaneko

Date

January 4, 2008

Description

Registro de L. schismatica, en un area de selva inundable cerca del CE Tres Lagunas en la Selva Lacandona, Chiapas

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sarahlloyd

Date

June 26, 2019 08:27 PM HST

Description

Small group of stalked sporangia on a bryophyte-covered log ramp in wet eucalypt forest.

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Narrow-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia)

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maremimar

Date

February 29, 2020 01:18 PM WET

Description

mde

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mmoroti

Date

February 13, 2020 09:57 PM -02

Description

Raríssima e pouco conhecida, essa planta parasita fungos micorrízicos. São conhecidos apenas dois indivíduos que estão depositados em uma coleção cientifica do Rio. Essa é a primeira foto na natureza dessa espécie.

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Cloudy-wings Owlfly (Suhpalacsa dietrichiae)

Date

February 5, 2020 02:36 PM CET

Description

February 2020.
Burnett River at Ceratodus, Queensland, Australia.

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Emerald-banded Skimmer (Cratilla lineata)

Observer

suhelq

Date

November 19, 2018 07:52 AM IST

Description

Remarkable roosting group of dragonflies found early morning along the Nature Trail in the WII Campus.